23-24 November:
Transport run from Rabaul to Lae/Salamua, aborted due to air attack. Sunk: in air attack by U.S. Army bombers; was struck forward by bomb, then anchored in bay to fight fires; abandoned when fires reached the munitions she was carrying; 50 killed, 6 wounded. SHIRATSUYU removed survivors, including Commander Kaneda (to C.O. NIIZUKI) and scuttled with a torpedo, in Guna Bay, Huon Gulf (07 S, 147-30 E).
24 December 1942:
Removed from Navy List.